Visitors bring firms festive cheer

The upcoming holiday season has heated up the tourism market with an increase in the tours being booked despite the ongoing economic crisis.

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The upcoming holiday season has heated up the tourism market with an
increase in the tours being booked despite the ongoing economic crisis.

Several travel agencies say that their Christmas, New Year and Lunar New Year tours are already fully booked.

Nguyen Minh Man, marketing and communication deputy director of
Vietravel, said the information that employees would get four days off
for the New Year and nine days off for Tet (Lunar New Year) has roused
the tourism market.

Vietravel has around 300 inbound and outbound tours to serve customers on these occasions.
Man said Vietravel expected to serve 75,000 customers from end of this month to March 2013, up 25 percent year-on-year.

This year, the number of customers choosing to visit domestic
destinations including Hanoi , Sapa, Hoi An, Hue , Da Nang , as well
as attractions in the northwest and northeastern part of the country
from HCM City has increased significantly in comparison to the
same period last year, Man said.
Many tours had to be closed soon because flight tickets were not available, he said.
Saigontourist, a leading travel firm, has launched 50 tours for New Year and 300 tours for the Lunar New Year holidays.

Doan Thi Thanh Tra, head of Saigontourist's marketing department, said
one of the company's strengths was serving overseas Vietnamese
returning to their motherland to celebrate Tet, or bringing their
families and friends over to tour the country.

The company expects to have 6,000 customers for the New Year holiday, up 10 percent year-on-year.

It hopes to serve 20,000 tourists during the Tet holiday, 7,000 of
whom are expected to use outbound tours, up 15 percent over last year.
Saigontourist is going to open new tours to respond to customer
demands, Tra said. She noted that the company's tours on this occasion
have not increased in price, but include additional services.

The prices of several tours to Thailand and Singapore have gone up
by 5-7 percent due to increases in airfares, she added.

The
Viet Media Travel company is offering a special promotion under which
discounts of up to 3 million VND are being offered for bookings made
before end of this month for tours departing during the Tet holiday.

Group bookings will receive additional discounts, a company representative said.

He said Viet Media Travel expects to serve 6,000 customers this Tet, 60 percent of whom will take outbound tours.

Lien Bang Travelink has also launched new outbound tours to Taiwan ,
America , Singapore and Malaysia as its existing tours are almost
fully booked.

Besides, the company is offering discounts of 200,000 to 400,000 VND on domestic tours booked before the end of this month.-VNA

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